Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a right triangle problem of the simplest variety in that we only need Pythagorean's Theorem to solve for the missing side.
Pythagorean's Theorem says that the sum of the lengths of the 2 legs squared will equal the length of the hypotenuse squared. For us that looks like this:
[tex]40^2+10^2=h^2[/tex] and
[tex]1700=h^2[/tex] so
h = 41 feet, rounded to the nearest foot
